Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gürdal

Gürdal /ɡyɾˈdaɫ/ ASCII Gurdal

“lush, vigorous branch”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Gürdal?

Gürdal

IPA /ɡyɾˈdaɫ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Gürdal mean?

From gür “thick, vigorous” and dal “branch”: “a lush branch”, densely leaved and strong. The name also suggests the wish that a family may branch out and flourish.2,3

Grammar Adjective gür + noun dal.

That Gürdal goes back to gür and dal is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Gürdal made of?

Gürdal breaks into 2 parts: gür (gür: abundant, thick, vigorous) + dal (dal: branch).

Gürdal + first element gür gür: abundant, thick,vigorous TURKIC gür “abundant, thick,vigorous” root dal dal: branch TURKIC dal “branch of a tree” Gürdal gür first element gür: abundant, thick, vigorous gür TURKIC “abundant, thick, vigorous” dal root dal: branch dal TURKIC “branch of a tree”
Gürdal: parts and root words
  • gür Turkic — abundant, thick, vigorous2
  • dal Turkic — branch of a tree3

How was the name Gürdal formed?

Gürdal belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (gür + dal).

Which surnames are related to Gürdal?

Gürdal Gürsoy Gürkan Gür Gürel Gürses Dal Gürsel Gürcan Gürler Gürpınar Gürer Birdal
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gürsoy same root – –
02 Gürkan same root – –
03 Gür same root – –
04 Gürel same root – –
05 Gürses same root – –
06 Dal same root – –
07 Gürsel same root – –
08 Gürcan same root – –
09 Gürler same root – –
10 Gürpınar same root – –
11 Gürer same root – –
12 Birdal same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Gürdal most common?

Gürdal is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 25th in Isparta.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta · rank 25 · 1,632 people Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Gürdal: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Isparta251,632

Is Gürdal also a first name?

Yes. Gürdal is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “lush, vigorous branch”.

Gürdal as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Gürdal written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Gürdal as Gurdal, dropping the diacritics.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gür accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: dal accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Gürdal accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Gürdal

Q1

What does the surname Gürdal mean?

From gür “thick, vigorous” and dal “branch”: “a lush branch”, densely leaved and strong. The name also suggests the wish that a family may branch out and flourish.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gürdal?

The root word of Gürdal is gür (Turkic): “abundant, thick, vigorous”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gürdal?

Gür·dal, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɡyɾˈdaɫ/.